beck’s quite possibly my favorite musician of the past twenty years or so, with blur, lcd soundsysyem and the roots. I dig this list. It’s kind of impossible to narrow such a diverse catalog down to 10 without disappointing people. Really, someone’s picks say more about who’s writing it than about the music itself.

solid list. Interesting where Yoshimi was placed–in fact, it’s probably my favorite of theirs along with Soft Bulletin. But still, it’s great to get a complete look into their catalog, which I really should be diving more into (I’m not all that familiar with their stuff pre-Zaireeka)

Even though I didn’t discover this album until a few years after it came out, it was incredibly formative for me during my teenage years, and I consider it one of my most treasured albums. No matter how I felt, I could put this album on and just get lost in its majesty and intricacies.

I realize that I should just shrug this off as a totally subjective and downright ignorant list, but it’s really getting to me. It’s just insulting to music culture. It reminds me of an article published in Men’s Fitness where a writer went around Comic-Con and insulted cosplayers who had some weight issues.

If you don’t like specific music, shut the fuck up and don’t write stupid lists about it.

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